The Road to MIPCOM: A Chat with Blue Ant’s Solange Attwood
As part of the Road to MIPCOM series, we are chatting with international executives about their plans for the upcoming market. This week, we spoke to Solange Attwood, Blue(…)
Turner and Tencent Greenlight ‘Tuzki’ Movie
Turner Asia Pacific and Shanghai Tencent Pictures Culture Media (Tencent Pictures) will develop a film starring Tuzki, the popular rabbit emoticon. The feature-length movie, which will fuse CGI and(…)
Corus Entertainment Nabs International Deals
Toronto’s Corus Entertainment has sold lifestyle series Masters of Flip and Buying the View in multiple territories worldwide. Unscripted docu-series Cheer Squad (pictured) has been sold in Australia. The first(…)
Counterfeit Cat to Launch Internationally
Tricon Kids & Family’s original animated comedy series Counterfeit Cat will land on Disney XD and Disney Channel in multiple territories including France, South East Asia, Japan, Australia/New Zealand, and Latin America. The series, which follows(…)
9 Story Inks ‘Wild Kratts’ Deals in China
9 Story Media Group has secured new broadcast, digital and licensing deals in China for the animated series Wild Kratts. Chinese national broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has acquired broadcast rights for Wild Kratts.(…)
Reed Midem Reveals Plans for MIP China
Reed MIDEM, organizer of MIPTV/MIPCOM, has unveiled plans to launch MIP China Hangzhou. The event will run May 23-25, the first time a MIP market has been held in(…)
Emmy Awards 2016: Big Wins for ‘The People Vs OJ Simpson’, ‘Game of Thrones’
Last night’s 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, broke several records. Game of Thrones took home the highest number of Emmy Awards won by a fictional series(…)
New Residency Exchange Program from Medienboard and TIFF
A new German-Canadian Residency Exchange program was unveiled today Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). In 2017, one German and one Canadian filmmaker will have the opportunity to live, work and find(…)
Up the Ladder: Banijay Group
Banijay Group has hired drama executive Takis Candilis as head of Scripted of Banijay Group. In this newly created role, Candilis will be directly in charge of Banijay’s scripted production company in France and will oversee(…)
Dancing Ledge Kicks Off Writer in Residence Award
Dancing Ledge Productions (DLP), which launched three months ago with backing from FremantleMedia and a development deal with Martin Freeman, has kicked off the U.K.’s first TV production company(…)